Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Research

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  3. Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Research
  4. Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Research

The department offers two postgraduate programs: M.Pharm in Pharmacy Practice and M.Pharm in Clinical Research, with a strong focus on patient-centred care, clinical research excellence, and evidence-based practice. The department caters to Clinical, Regulatory, Industrial, and Community Pharmacy to prepare skilled healthcare and research professionals.
A dedicated Technical Resource Centre, established under the Centre for Evidence for Guideline Development and supported by the Department of Health Research (DHR), strengthens the department’s capabilities in evidence synthesis, data analysis, and guideline development.

Focus Areas
  • Drug-related problem identification and resolution
  • Interdisciplinary pharmaceutical and healthcare research
  • Rational drug use, medication safety, and drug–drug interaction studies

 

Training Highlights

  • Clinical trial operations (Phase I–IV), documentation, and regulatory processes, Community-based studies, Real-world evidence [RWE]
  • Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM), Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs)
  • Medical writing, safety narratives, and clinical data management
  • Pharmacovigilance (Signal generation and data mining), Bioavailability & Bioequivalence studies, Quality assurance and quality control in clinical research
  • Evidence synthesis (SR/MA/NMA), evidence appraisal, data analytics, AI-Augmented clinical decision matrix, and digital Health Solutions, including Mobile Health (mHealth)
  • Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR), including Health Technology Assessment (HTA) and Budget Impact Analysis (BIA) and forecasting
  • Clinical Data analytics using R, SAS, STATA, EPI INFO, RevMan & Python [FAERS (FDA Adverse Event Reporting System), VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System), and Global Burden of Disease (GBD) studies] 

 

Key Strengths

  • Industry-oriented curriculum
  • Real-world exposure through on-the-job training
  • Strong focus on practical skills and evidence-driven research

 

Faculty

  • Prof. Dipika Bansal
  • Prof. Pramil Tiwari

Scientific and Technical Staff

  • Dr. Pooja Arora
  • Dr. Amit Kondal
Research Scholars
Description
Name
1.   Mr. Gautham Sahu
2.   Mr. Mohammed Safeer V S
3.   Ms. Akanksha Singh
4.   Mr. Anit Kumar Sinha
5.   Ms. Neelanshi Singal
6.   Mr. Mannuru Venkateshwarlu
7.   Mr. Bibhu Prasad Patra
8.   Ms. Hafsa Mohammad
9.   Ms. Mamidi Niveditha
10. Ms. Pandey Pratima
11. Ms. Ancy K F
12. Mr. Aman Upadhyay
13, Ms. Elsa Paulson